isanybodylistening - Family Violence

Family Violence Questions & Anwsers

What is Family Violence? Family Violence is the following types AbusePhysical Abuse includes hitting, pinching, slapping, pushing, punching, kicking, burning, stabbing or shooting. Psychological Abuse (also known as verbal abuse) includes put-downs, name calling, jealousy, mainly from family and friends.
Sexual Abuse includes unwanted touching, rape and incest. It may include control over birth, forced pregnancies or abortions and transmission of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD).
Financial Abuse occurs when an individual uses finances to control another individual. This could include forcing a person to hand over all or part of their salary or by denying someone access to their own finances.
Spiritual Abuse occurs when an individual uses religious or spiritual matters to control another, such as forcing another to follow a particular faith or give up their religion.
Emotional abuse threats, insult s, harassment.
Neglect poor physical or emotional care.

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Why does it happen?
The person who is doing the abuse knows what they're doing is wrong,
Or thats how they were rased and they don't see it to be to bad.
Who can it happen to?
Family violence affect everyone; rich, poor, blacks, whites, highly educated and the working class. It can happen between husband and wife, father to daughter, uncle to niece, sons to mother's brother to sister, grandfather to granddaughter and so on.
How many people are effected by family violence?
On an average, 26% of American households experience some form of violence. Some if these "common" forms are considered: slapping, scratching, shoving, punching.

What are we going to do to stop family violence.

1. We could write to the hawkes bay today.
2. We helped by giving you two handy phone
numbers at the bottem of the page.

THESE WEBSITES WILL HELP YOU PREVENT
FAMILY VIOLENCE.
http://www.handsonhealth-sc.org/page.php?id=944
http://www.handsonhealth-sc.org/page.php?id=939
http://endabuse.org/

IF YOU NEED SOMEONE TO TALK TO ABOUT FAMILY MATTERS AND YOUR UNDER 14,
YOU COULD RING WHATS UP HELP LINE (0800 94287 87)
OR YOU COULD CALL THE KIDSLINE ON (0800 54 37 54) THEY ARE BOTH CONFIDENTIAL AND FREE.